common cold

common cold

noun

Definition of COMMON COLD

: an acute disease of the upper respiratory tract that is marked by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, throat, eyes, and eustachian tubes and by a watery then purulent discharge and is caused by any of several viruses (as a rhinovirus or an adenovirus)

First Known Use of COMMON COLD

1770

Rhymes with COMMON COLD

centerfold, copyhold, fingerhold, hundredfold, manifold, manyfold, marigold, multifold, oversold, petioled, scissors hold, sevenfold, severalfold, sooty mold, stranglehold, thousandfold, throttlehold, water mold

common cold

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of COMMON COLD

: an acute contagious disease of the upper respiratory tract that is marked by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, throat, eyes, and eustachian tubes with a watery then purulent discharge and is caused by any of several viruses (as a rhinovirus or an adenovirus)